Emergency bandages



Aug. 2, 1955 M. s. ALCALA 2,714,382

EMERGENCY BANDAGES Filed July 21, 1952 en for Wax/mine 5. fl/ca/a orneyUnited States Patent OfiFice 2,714,382 Patented Aug. 2, 1955 2,714,382EMERGENCY BANDAGES Maximino Solis Alcala, Mexico City, MexicoApplication July 21, 1952, Serial No. 299,939 3 Claims. (Cl. 128-268)These improvements refer to an industrial-pharmaceutical product,consisting of an emergency bandage of the adhesive medical type. Saidimprovements consist of the use of antibiotics, either alone or admixed,in suspension or solution in petrolatum or other vehicles for thepreservation thereof, placed in a small receptacle, capsule, tube, etc.,of gum, gelatin, cellophane, plastic or any other material suitable forpreserving their activity for a long period; which container, upon beingbroken, impregnates the gauze of the bandage, which previously has beenimpregnated with medicinal, antiseptic, germicidal or bactericidalsubstances, said substance or substances being applied in the bandagingof small skin wounds or ulcers.

In the past, emergency bandages provided with medicinal substances havebeen employed, but not with antibotics, due to the difiiculty ofpreserving them. Therefore one of the principal objects of the presentinvention is to make possible the use of such antibiotics in saidemergency bandages, namely in devices constituted substantially by astrip of gauze or plastic material, provided with an activeanti-infectious and/or disinfecting element and with an adhesivesubstance for affixing the device to that portion of the human bodywhere it is desired that said anti-infectious and/or disinfectingelement exert its activity. Said devices further comprise another strip,also of gauze or another material which protects against contact withthe surroundings both the active element and the adhesive substanceuntil the time for using such device, this additional stn'p being easilydetachable.

The details and features of the invention will become more clearlyevident in the course of the following description and from the drawingsattached hereto in illustration thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of an emergency bandage device, constructedaccording to the invention, and

Fig. 2 is a profile view of the same device, illustrating the article.

Referring to said drawings, the device according to the improvements ofthe invention comprises: a strip of cloth, gauze, plastic material orsome other suitable material 11, which is adhesive due to being providedwith an adhesive substance on one of its sides; the usual medicinalapplication 12, of gauze or some other material, impregnated with somesuitable disinfectant and/or antiinfectious substance or a mixturethereof; the capsule or other receptacle 13 of gum, gelatin, cellophane,or another suitable material, for containing the antibiotic preparation,said capsule or receptacle being secured, by stitching 16, to theadhesive strip; and lastly the protective cover constituted by the usualstrips 14 and 15, which are removable and which upon removal leaveuncovered medicinal application 12 and receptacle 13, to permit of usingthe medicament contained therein.

The term medicinal substance as used in the following claims is intendedto include any anti-infectious, disinfectant, antiseptic, germicidal orbactericidal substance.

Having thus particularly described the invention, what I consider as newand desire to obtain by Letters Patent is:

1. In an adhesive bandage of the medical type including an adhesivestrip provided with a bandage portion impregnated with a medicinalsubstance and a removable protective cover for said bandage portion, theimprovement comprising an easily breakable capsule containing anantibiotic substance and sewed to said bandage portion.

2. In an adhesive bandage as set forth in claim 1, said capsule being ofa material antibiotic substance in a liquid suspension.

3. In an adhesive bandage as set forth in claim 1, said capsule being ofa material suitable for containing the antibiotic substance in greasyvehicle.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,432,541 Peck Dec. 16, 1947 2,469,064 Campbell May 3, 1949 2,579,403Slomowitz et al. Dec. 18, 1951 suitable for containing the

1. IN AN ADHESIVE BANDAGE OF THE MEDICAL TYPE INCLUDING AN ADHESIVESTRIP PROVIDED WITH A BANDAGE PORTION IMPREGNATED WITH A MEDICALSUBSTANCE AND A REMOVABLE PROTECTIVE COVER FOR SAID BANDAGE PORTION, THEIMPROVEMENT COMPRISING AN EASILY BREAKABLE CAPSULE CONTAININIG ANANTIBIOTIC SUBSTANCE AND SEWED TO SAID BANDAGE PORTION.